Featured image courtesy European Commission/ECHO Editor’s Note: A version of this speech was delivered by the author at the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, held from June 14-16 at the International Conference Centre in…

Featured image courtesy Dinuka Liyanawatta/Reuters Sri Lanka is experiencing flooding after what is said to be the most torrential rains since 2003. Despite being beset with heavy flooding in 2016 as well, the country…

Featured image courtesy European Pressphoto Agency Once again Sri Lanka is in the grip of a natural disaster. Thousands have been displaced and hundreds killed by the floods and landslides. The tragedy…

Featured image courtesy Tamil Guardian There have been increased incidents of military intimidation in the last couple of weeks in areas like Pilakudiyirippu (near Keppapulavu), Paravipaanchan in Kilinochchi, and Puthukkudiyiruppu – former…

Featured image courtesy Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters This is the sixth in a series of video interviews forecasting what 2017 will have in store across different sectors. Director General of the Institute of National…

All photos courtesy Amalini de Sayrah In the post-conflict narrative, there are stories that are glossed over, or never told. November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against…

Featured image courtesy Tamil Guardian On Monday and Tuesday, IGP Pujith Jayasundera’s mobile number, given out to the public just months before, rang unanswered. The reason – the shooting of two youths,…

AP Photo/Sanka Gayashan, via South China Morning Post President Maithripala Sirisena, in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Lankadeepa, translated into English and published in the Daily Mirror today, noted the following….